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(Bloomberg) — The first-ever antitrust probe of the municipal bond market is roiling an industry that states and cities depend on to finance everything from garbage trucks to schools.US Justice Department prosecutors subpoenaed more than a dozen bank...
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Bermuda's Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced the completion of an innovative insurance policy "which," it said, "has characteristics similar to a credit derivative. The policy is for up to $420 million of reinsurance receivables, in a transac...
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(Bloomberg) — Hedge funds globally returned an average of 2.5 percent in November, the largest monthly increase since January, led by gains in emerging markets, Hedge Fund Research Inc. said in a report.Hedge funds returned 11.7 percent this year thr...
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WASHINGTON — In its last hours of GOP control, Congress passed a raft of bills big and small, most significantly a sweeping bill reviving expired tax breaks, extending trade benefits for developing countries and protecting doctors from a big cut in M...
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OLDWICK, New Jersey (BUSINESS WIRE) ? A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength ratings of B++ (Very Good) of Preserver Insurance Group (Preserver Insurance) (Paramus, NJ) and its members, Preserver Insurance Company (New Jersey) and Mountain V...
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BOSTON (AP) - Tom O'Brien won't coach Boston College in the Meineke Bowl after taking over Friday as head coach at North Carolina State.
Frank Spaziani, the Eagles' defensive coordinator under O'Brien the past eight seasons, will serve as interim hea...
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Bermuda's Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced the completion of an innovative insurance policy "which," it said, "has characteristics similar to a credit derivative. The policy is for up to $420 million of reinsurance receivables, in a transac...
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TRENTON, New Jersey. ? Looking for a contraceptive that?s convenient ? and tasty? The first chewable birth-control method, a tiny, spearmint-flavoured tablet that also can be swallowed without chewing, has hit pharmacy shelves.
Femcon Fe, which cont...
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MECHANICSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) — Snickers bar with that circular saw? Life Savers with that laser printer? Mr. Goodbar with that batting glove?An increasing number of the nation’s largest retailers are looking to squeeze impulse buys out of custome...
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am a great people watcher. We are all so fascinating, don't you think? Las Vegas and any large city is a spectator's delight. Connected we all are - whether we like it or not, or whether we want to admit it or not ? that DNA does not lie. We think we...
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